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No. 605,719. Patented JuneLl4, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN V. JANIN, OF GOLDBASIN,WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHNGIESEN, OF SAME'PLACE.

ISUSPENDERF-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,719, dated June 14,1898.

Application filed September 2, 1897. Serial No. 650,331. (No model.)

' basin, in the county of Snohomishand State of Washington, haveinvented a new and Improved Suspender-Clasp, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact'description.

This invention relates to an'improved clasp for suspenders, and has forits object to provide a clasp adapted for convenient connection with theends of suspelnders for thesupport of trousers or drawers,whereon thenovel devices are adapted to be clamped or clasped and to thus dispensewith the useof buttons on such garments.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the appended claims.l

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part'ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indi catecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side vie wof the improvement applied for the support offagarment at its rear edge. Fig. 2 is a front'vi ew of the improvement inplace on a garment at its front edge; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview substantially on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. I Fig. 4 is an edge view,partly in section, of the device detached, substantially onthe line 4 4in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front View of the improvement in aslightly-modified form, and Fig. 6 is a top edge view of themodificationshown in Fig. 5. In the drawings, which show the inventionand its application, 10 and 11 respectively indicate two clampingmembers of the improvement. Said clamping. members are cut by suitablemeans from sheet metal, preferably sheet-steel, and, as indicated, theirupper ends are similarin form and dimensions.

An elongated aperture a is transversely formed in each clamping member10 11 near the ends which are uppermost in service, and, as representedin Figs. 1, 2, and 5, said ends are disposed'at an incline to the mainbody, which disposes the slots or apertures a in a corresponding manner,so as to incline the upper edges of the slots from a horizontal plane. r

Two limbs 12 are formed on each clamping member 10 11 and project fromthe normally lower edges of the same, and the limbs on the members 11are widened sufficiently in their upper portions 1) to permit atransverse slot 0 to be formed in each of the same. Below the slots 0the members I) of the clamping member 11 are reduced in width andrendered parallel on the edges. ,The depending spaced limbs b on theclamping member 10 are also .made parallel on their side edges and havesuch width as will permit their free insertion from the rear of themember 11 through the slot 0 therein. The limbs 17 on the member 11 areintended to produce a depression across them on the inner sides of thesame, and like indentations are formed in the inner surfaces of theadjacent limbs 19 on the clamping member 10, which limbs, together withthe limbs of the other clamping member 11, terminate at their free lowerends in flat portions,whereon teeth 61 are formed, said teeth being projections from the inner surfaces of the limbs, as clearly shown'in Fig.4..

Preferably a wire spring 6 is provided to expand the j awsof the devicewhen the clasp is to be applied for the support of a garment, theclamping members being normally diverged by the spring, as shownin Fig.at.

It will be seen that when the two members 10 11 are connected together,as explained, a hinged joint is produced where the limbs of one memberpass through the slot 0 in the other member, so that if the upperportions of these hinged parts are moved toward each other the limbs bthereon will be similarly actuated and be adapted to clasp materialbetweenthem, as shown in Fig. 3.

On the outer surface of the clamping member 10, which above the hingedjoint becomes the rear plate'of the clasp, a detent-limb 12 in hook formis secured by its lower end and projects upwardly and through theaperture ICO members one on the other, which will enable the easy hookedengagement of the detentlimb 12 upon the adjacent edge of the clampingmember 1], when both clamping members are adjusted, to nearly oractually impinge upon each other.

011 the ordinary front and rear end bands 13 of a pair ofshoulder-braces or garmentsuspenders A two similar connecting-hooks 1;are respectively secured through crossslots in said hooks, the nibs ofthe hooks being placed outwardly, so that plain surfaces of thehook-bodies will have contact with the wearer.

If a pair of suspenders having the improvements are to be used for thesupport of trousers or drawers or any other garment, the elasps whichhave been described are detachably clamped upon the upper edge of agarment B at suitable points, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The main portions of the suspenders are placed on the shoulders of thewearer after the clasps at their rear ends have been conneeted to thegarment 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the bands 13 and hooks 1% beingthen drawn down at the front to permit said hooks to be engaged with theupper ends of the clamping members 10 11 that have been clamped upon thefront edge of the garment by hooking said hooks 14: through the slots aof the clamping members.

It will be seen that if the detent-limbs 12 have their hook memberslooked upon the edges of the slots coin the clamping members 11 theengagement of the hooks 14 with the upper portions of the'clasp-sectionswill serve to attach the clasps to the suspenders and adapt the latterfor the support of the garment B.

In Fig. 5 a modified means is shown for securing the clamping members 1011 in clasped condition and consists in providing a springhook 15,attached upon the clamping member 11 near one edge and arranged to havea hooked engagement with the side edge of the contacting clamping member10, the slots 6 affording sufficient play at the hinged joint betweenthe members 10 11 to facilitate the interlocking of the hook 15 or itsrelease, as may be desired.

It is well known that the use of buttons for the attachment ofsuspenders upon the front and rear edges of the waistband of a pair oftrousers soon injures the shape and set of the garment at that point,and the frequent loss of Suspender-buttons is a source of annoyance alsoentailed by theiremployment for the purpose indicated. The improvedsuspenderclasps, that dispense with the need of said buttons, obviatethe disadvantages mentioned.

The improved clasps, if used on suspenders, grip the edge of atrousers-waistband and without injury hold the garment in connectionwith a pair of suspenders, and the latter may be quickly released at thefront and rear edges by a detachment of the hooks 14 from the securedclasps, and said clasps may remain in place on the garment until theirdetachment is desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A suspender-clasp,comprising two clamping membersslotted at like ends, and hinged together near their opposite ends, acoiled spring the limbs of which engage the said members near theirhinge to normally spread them apart, and a detent-hook on one memberadapted to be brought into engagement with an edge of the other member,and hold the two members in clamped condition against the stress of thespring, as specified.

2. A clasp forsuspenders,comprisingclamping-sections slotted near oneend to receive a hook on a Suspender-band, each section havin g twospaced limbs which limbs are indented at opposite points, the limbs ofone section being cross-slotted to loosely receive the limbs of theother section and thus provide a hinged joint between said sections, awire spring located in the indents of opposed limbs and engaging itsends therewith to normally spread said limbs apart and a detent-hook onone section adapted for interlocking engagement with an edge of theother section to hold the limbs thereon in clamped condition and thespring-limbs compressed, as specified.

JOHN V. JANIN.

Vitnesses:

JOHN TRACY, GEORGE WM. BERRY.

